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CompTIA
acquires TechAmerica
Computer industry group CompTIA
has acquired TechAmerica in a deal
that expands CompTIA's reach into
the enterprise and federal contract-
ing environments.
The merger came on the same
day that TechAmerica announced a
settlement in a $5 million
lawsuit with its rival, the
Information Technology
Industry Council, over three
employees who left Tech-
America for ITI in Novem-
ber 2013.
Some TechAmerica staff,
including President and CEO Shawn
Osborne, will leave the merged
group. Osborne told FCW that all of
TechAmerica's policy, business intel-
ligence and research functions will
remain; the reductions will come in
redundant business functions such
as accounting and nancial
management.
Mike Hettinger, the association's
senior vice president for the public
sector, will stay on, as will all of
TechAmerica's policy staff, Osborne
added.
He and CompTIA President and
CEO Todd Thibodeaux said the merg-
er brings together TechAmerica's
enterprise, government and policy
expertise with CompTIA's strengths
in technical certi cation and training.
Osborne said TechAmerica had
been talking with a number of orga-
nizations about a possible merger
over the past few years as the
organization saw repeated, though
narrowing, annual losses. As Tech-
America stabilized, "we began look-
ing for merger partners. Our rst
choice was CompTIA.
"
--- Mark Rockwell
Takai, Brubaker
leave DOD
Teri Takai, CIO at the Defense Depart-
ment, and Paul Brubaker, DOD's
director of planning and perfor-
mance management, resigned their
positions effective May 2.
Their departures add to a grow-
ing list of exits by DOD execu-
tives. Deputy CIO Robert
Carey left the Pentagon
for the private sector in
late March, Deputy Chief
Management Of cer Eliza-
beth McGrath left at the
end of 2013 for a position
at Deloitte Consulting, and
Assistant DCMO David Wennergren
retired in July 2013 and is now at
CACI International.
Takai did not respond to inquiries
regarding her plans. Brubaker has
joined AirWatch, the VMware-owned
provider of mobile security and
enterprise mobility management,
as director for the federal market.
He has held a number of leadership
positions in the government and the
private sector and is a two-time win-
ner of FCW's Federal 100 award.
--- Sean Lyngaas and
Troy K. Schneider
NOAA CIO headed
to Justice
Joseph Klimavicz is taking over
the Justice Department CIO slot
left vacant when Luke McCormack
moved to the Department
of Homeland Security last
November.
Klimavicz has been CIO
at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administra-
tion since 2007. During his
tenure, he strengthened
cybersecurity, expanded high-
performance computing and mod-
ernized many of NOAA's business
systems.
Kevin Deeley will return to his
role as deputy CIO after serving as
acting CIO at Justice since McCor-
mack's departure.
--- Reid Davenport
Holgate to stay on at ACT
Rick Holgate, CIO at the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives, will remain president of
the American Council for Technology
for another year.
Casey Coleman, formerly CIO at
the General Services Administration,
left government for a senior post
in AT&T's federal practice, which
scuttled ACT's succession plans. She
had served as executive vice presi-
dent of ACT and was slated to move
into the top slot this year.
"Rather than try to rush to ll
that, I agreed to stay on for another
year,
" Holgate told FCW.
--- Adam Mazmanian
Forman returns to TASC
Mark Forman has returned to the
defense systems rm TASC as vice
president for IT services and cloud
initiatives.
He was administrator for e-gov-
ernment and IT in the Of ce of Man-
agement and Budget from 2001 to
2003, and he worked at TASC from
1985 to 1989 performing analyses
of costs and operational effective-
ness in support of Defense
Department organizations.
He was also co-founder
and president of Govern-
ment Transaction Services,
a partner at KPMG and
principal of IBM's global
e-business strategy.
--- Sean Lyngaas
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